About Jacob: He is originally from Milwaukee and upon graduating from UW-Madison he spent two years reporting from Haiti and the Dominican Republic. He then returned to the US to complete his MA in political journalism from Columbia University in NYC.

His recent journalism has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Newsweek, The New Yorker, Foreign Policy magazine, the Associated Press, VICE Magazine and The Nation. His journalism is often supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.